Some of the country’s highest-paid public servants would like politicians to stop posting videos of them online. It would be an antidemocratic, even unlawful, move.
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South Africa has clear rules for hiring teachers – but many educators believe other influences are stronger.
AI translation can be fast, convenient and fluent. But that does not guarantee people will understand each other.
The rulings are good news for borrowers who work for groups with missions at odds with the Trump administration’s agenda and those nonprofits themselves.
Canada’s long history with public service media offers a useful model for thinking about how AI could serve the public.
Cabinet papers are usually prepared by ministries with input from impartial public servants. The process over Palestine raises wider questions about transparency.
The government will pay hundred of thousands of robodebt victims more than $500 million. But we may never know if public servants knowingly acted unlawfully.
The independent federal agency had been facilitating the work of approximately 200,000 volunteers a year, deploying them across the country through partnerships with thousands of nonprofits.
Anthony Albanese has credited the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet with rebuilding the public service.
The Peace Corps isn’t doing the same foreign policy work the State Department carries out. But it still helps the American brand internationally.
To ensure the civil service is staffed by qualified people, human resource management in the public sector must be professional.
The editorial section of a newspaper is a way for society to have a conversation with itself. Should news outlets limit these conversations?
The future of the public service has become a hot election issue with fears Peter Dutton’s threats to sack staff will gut essential front line services.
A Senate inquiry has been set up to examine why senior public servants are are being paid much bigger salaries than the ministers they serve.
The public service is bracing for thousands of job losses if the Coalition is elected. In echoes of Trump policy, diversity and inclusion roles would be first to go.
Past initiatives to entice public servants to take early retirement have done little to reduce the cost of government.
The demand for hybrid work agreements has been on the rise. And extensive research has shown that flexible work can be more productive than being in the office full-time.
Public ownership is back in vogue, after the Coalition promised publicly owned nuclear plants in a decade. The problem is, the public service has been hollowed out.
New research suggests Canada’s public servant of the future must build relationships, communicate complex and controversial ideas and manage conflict more than ever before.
South Africa’s civil service has failed to implement policies to eradicate poverty, inequality and unemployment.
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Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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